Today we are going to take a look at 10 contemporary notebook models that boast one common feature: they all have 14-inch widescreen display. Will these solutions prove great business companions? Read more about solutions from ASUS, Acer, LG, MSI, Samsung, Sony and Toshiba.

Everything else is located on the notebook’s side panels: a DVD-burner, two USB ports and an ExpressCard slot on the right…

…and a connector for an external monitor, video output, LAN port, USB and FireWire ports, and a PCMCIA slot are on the left panel.

It’s good to have support for both the new ExpressCard format and for old PCMCIA cards.

The keyboard is nearly ideal:

Everything’s in its right place without any innovations like combining Insert and Delete in one button.

The arrow keys are made properly, too:

There’s a row of extra buttons designed as a rubber strip with labels.

Just press on the corresponding section of the strip to enable the corresponding function. That’s not the best implementation, I should say. It’s hard to tell if the button has really been pressed or not. The Power-On button is highlighted just like on other MSI notebooks, this time with a blue circle around it. The touchpad’s buttons are as unhandy as the additional functional keys:

They are part of the touchpad bezel and are made of some rubber-like material, too. I didn’t like using them, to tell you the truth. The touchpad itself is good and large enough, with a normal positioning accuracy.